Feds prosecuting $43M tobacco smuggling case
Federal prosecutors allege a Connecticut man defrauded taxpayers in that state and in Massachusetts of $43 million in a tobacco smuggling case. According to U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, Syed Bokhari, 50, of Middletown, Conn., appeared in federal court Friday in connection with a 32-count indictment alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, trafficking in contraband smokeless tobacco, money laundering, and violation of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act.
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20141020/NEWS01/141029992
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